Stray Kids Debut at No. 1, Jimin Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200!

K-pop is on top!

Stray Kids debuted at No. 1, and BTS member Jimin arrived at No. 2 on this week’s Billboard 200.

Their respective albums, ATE and MUSE, marked the first time the top two on the Billboard 200 are K-pop albums.

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ATE is Stray Kids‘ fifth No. 1 in a row, making them the first group ever to debut at No. 1 with their first five charting albums. They previously led with ODDINARY, MAXIDENT (both in 2022), ROCK-STAR and 5-STAR (both in 2023).

The only other artist to debut at No. 1 with its first five chart entries was DMX in 1998-2003.

ATE moved 232,000 equivalent album units in its first week, marking the largest week of 2024 for any K-pop album, and the sixth-biggest debut for any album this year. MUSE moved 96,000 units, giving Jimin his second solo album to reach No. 2 after last year’s FACE.

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